Sunscreen Stations, Blue Light, Silicones and more - Episode 410

Perry Romanowski (0:00)

Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to The Beauty Brains. Hello, and welcome to The Beauty Brains, the show where real cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions and give you an insider's look at the cosmetic industry. This is episode 410, and we are trying hard. I'm your host, Perry Romanowski, and with me today is Valerie George. Hello, Valerie.

Valerie George (0:32)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:34)

Valerie, it's been a little while since we've done a show because you were out in California, but today we still got the questions coming in, and you know what the questions are?

Valerie George (0:43)

What are they?

Perry Romanowski (0:44)

I'll tell you what they are. Well, first, what do we think of the Young Goose line of products? How do silicones work in haircare products? How does Cetaphil nourishing oil to foam cleanser work? Are those outdoor sunscreen stations providing effective products? And does the light from your cell phone affect your skin? But first, some of that chit chat. You were in California for the Industry Suppliers Day. I wasn't able to go, but how did that go?

Valerie George (1:14)

It was a nice show. I had a booth like I did last time. It was in a great location. It was super cute. I had a hedge wall with my logo and a little wooden floor and some chairs. It was not only great to catch up with other people in the industry, but I found out so many people listened to the show and they were just happy to come up and meet me and that felt really nice.

Perry Romanowski (1:35)

Wow. That is excellent. Did you get to do the social networking stuff? They had some sort of big party there or something?

Valerie George (1:43)

Oh, I don't do that. You know I can't be around flashing lights and that kind of stuff and it's full of flashing lights, but I did have the opportunity to meet one of the state regulators, at least one of their communications directors from OEHA, which essentially sets up the Prop 65 legislation in California. This blank contains something known to the state of California to cause cancer, that law.

Perry Romanowski (2:06)

Sure.

Valerie George (2:07)

Yeah. And I said, you know what? If you are a consumer and you use beauty products, you should check out our podcast because we answer beauty product questions and maybe that would help you guys. So hopefully, they're listening.

Perry Romanowski (2:22)

Well, that is excellent. Now, I was wondering, in your booth, did you have pictures of the LabCats walk around your room?

Valerie George (2:29)

I didn't, but so much stuff is going on. I can't even get into it. But basically, we've got Doug, and today I gave him the opportunity to go back into...

Perry Romanowski (2:39)

Wait, Doug is a cat?

Valerie George (2:41)

Doug's the cat, and he's living inside now.

Perry Romanowski (2:45)

Oh, is he?

Valerie George (2:46)

He does not want to go back outside. He actually asked to come back in, and I was like, okay, well, let him in, dude. And he just sleeps at my feet, hangs out all day. He's so cool.

Perry Romanowski (2:58)

Wow. Well, that is very cool. You know, the heat miser was at my window today, and I brought him in the house, and he's this furry cat, and he's got all of these matted fur pieces.

I think it's painful for him, so I've slowly just, I'm trying to clip him off. I got clippers, I got scissors, and when he's eating, I'll take a little snip off. But if you do it wrong, you can kind of hurt them a little bit. Yeah. And I was doing one today. It was just this one flappy one. I was just going to clip it, and I clipped it, and then he yelped, and he kind of ran out of my lap, and then a lot of the hair got pulled out. And so I feel bad. I hurt the little guy a little bit.

Timothy (3:38)

Oh, poor thing.

Valerie George (3:39)

Well, you know, I got news. So Doug had a brother named Brother, and we tried to trap Brother, but he outsmarted the trap, and we ended up trapping the neighbor's cat, Patty Mannes, and the whole thing was a mess. So Brother's been missing, but today my other neighbor at work said, hey, I think the, you know, Doug the cat's been coming by. And I'm like, well, it can't be Doug because he's inside.

Perry Romanowski (4:07)

All right.

Valerie George (4:08)

And he showed me the security footage and it's Brother. So Brother's alive. We're going to get him. So Doug can have his best friend, Brax. So that's what's been going on in the last week, but.